ANNEX III

| 1. | For the purposes of compliance and verification of compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, measurements and calculations shall be made using harmonised standards, or other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods, which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art methods and are in line with the provisions set out below. The reference numbers of those harmonised standards have been published for this purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). | 2. | In the absence of relevant standards and until the publication of the references of the relevant harmonised standards in the OJ, the transitional testing methods set out in Annex IIIa or other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods, which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art, shall be used. | 3. | Cordless phones placed on the market with a base station shall be tested for networked standby power consumption, with the following test settings: (a) Tests shall be performed on the base station both without the handset on the base station as well as with the charged handset on the base station. (b) The devices shall be measured in the condition as delivered to the end-user(factory setting). (c) The power consumptions shall be measured as average power consumptions over a time period of 10 minutes. (d) The measurements shall be carried out with a mains supply voltage of 230V ± 1 %. | 4. | Cordless phones placed on the market with a charging cradle shall be tested for standby power consumption, with the following test settings: (a) Tests shall be performed with the charged handset placed on the charging cradle. (b) The devices shall be measured in the condition as delivered to the end–user (factory setting). (c) The power consumptions shall be measured as average power consumptions over a time period of 10 minutes. (d) The measurements shall to be carried out with a mains supply voltage of 230V ± 1 %. 5. Batteries of mobile phones and slate tablets shall be tested according to the default charging algorithms implemented by the manufacturer. The resulting number of cycles shall be rounded down to full hundreds and stated as “≥ x00”. 6. Ingress protection against particle and moisture ingress shall be expressed as an IP code, corresponding with the levels listed in Table 1. Tests shall be performed without protective cover. Table 1 Ingress protection rating levels Rating level Ingress of solid foreign objects Ingress of water with harmful effects Object size Protection against 2 Protected from touch by fingers and ≥12 mm water spray less than 15 degrees from vertical 3 ≥2,5 mm water spray less than 60 degrees from vertical 4 ≥1 mm splashing of water 5 dust-protected jetting of water 6 dust-tight powerful jetting of water 7 n.a. temporary immersion, 1 m depth 8 n.a. continuous immersion, 1 m or more depth | 7. | Resistance to accidental drops or repeated free fall reliability is measured through the number of falls without defect in the repeated free fall test. The repeated free fall tests shall be performed with five units of each model for each of the applicable test cases. The resistance to accidental drops is the number of falls which have been passed by at least four out of the five units under test. The number of falls per unit shall be determined with the following test conditions: (a) without protective foils and separate protective cover, if any, for non-foldable devices; (b) with a protective foil on the display for foldable devices, first in the un-extended state and then in the fully extended state on the same unit under test in line with Table 2; (c) fall height 1 m; (d) after a defined number of falls corresponding to the intervals specified in Table 2, the unit under test has to be functional without defect, with particular reference to the following functionalities, where applicable: (i) integrity of screen; (ii) display with less than 10 pixel defects or similar malfunctions; (iii) all cameras, tested for still images and videos; (iv) mobile communication; (v) Bluetooth connectivity; (vi) WiFi connectivity; (vii) battery charging: wired and wireless; (viii) display touch sensitivity; (ix) responsive buttons and switches; (x) vibration alarm; (xi) main microphone(s); (xii) loudspeaker; (xiii) headset audio. (e) cracks of the frame or backside shall not be considered a defect as long as full functionality and safe use of the unit under test is given; (f) cracks of the touchscreen and of any other cover layers of a display shall not be considered a defect as long as full functionality and safe use of the unit under test is given; (g) in case of no determined defect the test shall be continued, placing the unit under test in the tumble tester in the same orientation the device was found when the test was interrupted; (h) for non-foldable devices, in case of a determined defect and in any case after 157 falls the test of the unit is terminated; (i) for foldable devices, in case of a determined defect and in any case after 175 falls the test of the unit is terminated. Table 2 Test intervals for determining if the unit is defective (smartphones) Non-foldable device Foldable device 45 35 un-extended state + 15 additional falls in fully extended state

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.